Re: Copy from headers in Edit email

On 27 Jun 2017  Jim Nagel <mpro@...> wrote:

> Richard Porter  wrote on 26 Jun:
>> This seems to be another change after moving to RO 5.23/ARMX6 or
>> possibly a new version of MPro (now on 7.08). I used to be able to
>> copy from the header writable icons in Edit email.

> What did you move FROM?  If you moved from Ro 6 (ie, the Riscos Ltd
> branch) to Ro 5.23, then you will indeed have found that the behaviour
> of copy-and-paste a "writable icon" is more primitive.  But it does
> work.

> In Ro 4.39 and Ro 6, doubleclicking in a writable field produces
> highlighted text, which Ctrl-XCV work on.  In other words, it behaves
> pretty well like text in an ordinary window (though I can't recall if
> you can select PART of the text in a field).

> In Ro 5, doubleclicking does nothing; nothing gets highlighted.
> Ctrl-X or Ctrl-C delete or copy the WHOLE of the field.

Well, up to a point, Lord Jim. Here (ARMX6, RISC OS 5.23) 
double-clicking *does* highlight the contents in a field in the 
Headings pane. I've just done it in the From field there, and this is 
what happens if I do Ctrl-V in this message:
Peter Young <pnyoung@...>

"What I tell you three times is true" :-)

Best wishes,

Peter.

-- 
Peter Young (zfc Ir) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@...

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